Highest standards, particularly in my career related work. Many, many long days were spent on key projects to notably exceed all expectations. In all other things I was very close to being a perfectionist. Now, after nearly 20 years since leaving my engineering career, having accomplished nearly all of my life goals, not so much. I have no one important left to impress and am long past impressing myself. Just coasting off into the sunset with an easy going smile and my integrity fully intact.
As an engineer, I do feel that! The world was built by many forgotten engineers
Don't rest on your laurels
Why not? Resting on one's laurels is more of a younger man's issue. I've had many wonderful successes in my life, more than my share. I've been thoroughly challenged many times through life, grew to meet the challenges and came out on top. I've had the opportunity to achieve goals that seemed improbable/impossible when I started. I could die tomorrow and virtually nobody will GAF. I might have 20 years left. My dear family is long departed, many close friends have passed, a few close friends linger but most are out of state now. I'm long divorced and recently without a significant other. I have enough stashed away for what should be a comfortable retirement without financial worries. For the interim, I've become an avid news junky over the past 20 years and more recently an active POAL participant to try to understand the truth of what is really going on and help to fight back against the tyranny. My final goal is to see the WW (((DS))) destroyed and this once great nation restored to it's former glory before I die. A stretch goal would be to live long enough to see the coming micronova of our sun (which I would not anticipate surviving - I will be too old for stone age life) ... or Christ's return whichever comes first. We live in the most interesting of times. Oh yes, I also want to achieve redpill status on POAL before I lurk no longer, lol! THAT short term goal I can/will achieve in another month or two (AOU willing).
I know an old man about 82 still crawling in attics running electric wire. You don't need to accomplish any large goals but you need to keep moving. I know men who have retired and did nothing but watch tv and died within 2 years. Multiple guys actually
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